Tato kniha, esejisticky napsaná, popisuje nejdůležitější historické události ukrajinského národa od nejstarších dob do konce 19. století. Zdůrazňuje boj ukrajinských mas proti feudálnímu a národně-náboženskému útlaku....
Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? “Delicious” is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such questions.
With...
In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Widely recognized as the classic in the field, the book has sold more than a million copies. Now a second revolution is under way in the...
A brief survey of U.S. history since the end of World War II, focusing on popular beliefs, fears, and hopes that have shaped American culture and history over the last eight decades.
Explores the ways in which the American people’s perceptions of...
Successful New York psychiatrist Richard Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a hard-nosed, no-nonsense Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Meeting her, Gallagher was astonished. The woman’s behavior defied...
The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eastern Front during World War II, stretching from February 1942 to February 1943. Originally, the German 16. Armee occupied Demyansk in the autumn of 1941...
Denna bok, i essäform, beskriver de viktigaste historiska händelserna i den ukrainska nationen från antiken till slutet av 1800-talet. Den belyser de ukrainska massornas kamp mot feodalt och nationellt-religiöst förtryck. Särskild...